John Lennon once said, ‘A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a reality’. Never did these words ring more true than for Africa’s Great Green Wall, a collaborative initiative built on unity...

“For more than a decade, African economies have been riding the crest of a global commodity wave. Demand for energy resources and metals has been outstripping supply, pushing up prices to near-record levels in some cases. There is more to...

Climate changes poses a considerable threat to the African continent. Over the last four decades, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced more than 1,000 disasters. These events have inflicted significant economic damage and considerable loss of lives and livelihoods. Within this context,...

If there was ever a time to make agriculture the centrepiece of Africa’s economic development agenda, then surely that time is now. Consider the major challenge which has emerged in sub-Saharan Africa this year. As the El Niño-related drought crippled...

The 25th African Union Heads of State and Government Summit in South Africa last June had the theme: “2015 Year of Women Economic Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda 2063”. As a result, several women-affiliated organizations attended side events organized...

End the reliance on imports and become self-sufficient in rice! This is the resounding statement increasingly being made by African governments in response to the huge challenge of food insecurity. In Africa, rice is the most rapidly growing food source...